ASRA Pain Medicine Update

Earn CME on Your Schedule

ASRA Pain Medicine EDGE brings online courses, webinars, lectures, and meeting recordings together in one convenient learning platform. In 2026 and 2027, members receive unlimited access to eligible CME at no additional cost, making it easier to stay current and meet ongoing education requirements on your own schedule. Completing just 25 CME hours through eligible activities represents a $750 value.

Access Research, Guidelines, and Trusted Resources

Membership includes a subscription to Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, ASRA Pain Medicine’s highly cited, peer-reviewed journal, valued at $539 annually. Members who publish in RAPM can also save more than $1,000 on open access publishing fees, helping their research reach a broader audience.

Turn to ASRA Pain Medicine for evidence-based guidelines, checklists, articles, videos, images, and practical resources that support safe, high-quality care. Members may also have opportunities to contribute their expertise to developing guidelines and other resources. Membership includes complimentary access to the ASRA COAGs app, a $6.99 annual value that puts drug-specific anticoagulation guidance at your fingertips.

Save on Meetings and Courses

Learn from leading experts while paying less to attend ASRA Pain Medicine meetings, courses, and other educational programs. Member registration rates are typically 30% lower than comparable nonmember rates. For many 2026 and 2027 programs, that means savings of up to $500 per registration, with even greater value for members who attend multiple events.

Strengthen the Voice of the Specialty

ASRA Pain Medicine advocates nationally for policies that support physicians, protect access to care, and improve patient outcomes. Through regulatory comments, coalition partnerships, educational resources, and opportunities for members to take action, ASRA Pain Medicine helps ensure that regional anesthesia and pain medicine professionals are represented in conversations that affect their practices and patients.

Build a Network That Grows with You

Connect with colleagues, experts, educators, and future collaborators throughout the year through ASRA Pain Medicine meetings, courses, virtual programs, and volunteer activities.

ASRA Pain Medicine’s Special Interest Groups (SIGs) bring together members with shared clinical, professional, and research interests, creating focused communities where ideas can grow into educational content, research collaborations, practical resources, and lasting professional relationships.

The ASRA Pain Medicine Mentor Match Program connects members based on shared interests, experiences, and professional goals. Mentees can receive guidance as they navigate training, career transitions, leadership development, research, and clinical practice. Experienced members can give back by sharing their knowledge and helping develop the specialty’s next generation of leaders.

Whether you are seeking clinical insights, research collaboration, career advice, or simply a stronger connection to your professional community, your ASRA Pain Medicine network is here to support you!

Receive Recognition for Your Contributions

ASRA Pain Medicine celebrates members who advance the specialty through clinical excellence, research, education, leadership, mentorship, advocacy, and service. Members may be eligible for seven formal recognition awards:

• Gaston Labat Award
• John J. Bonica Award
• Distinguished Service Award
• Excellence in Education Award
• Presidential Scholar Award
• Resident/Fellow of the Year Award
• Advanced Practice and Nursing Award

Members may also qualify for designation as a Fellow of ASRA Pain Medicine.

Advance Research in the Specialty

ASRA Pain Medicine supports research that strengthens regional anesthesia and acute and chronic pain medicine. Members may pursue funding through four grant opportunities:

• Carl Koller Memorial Research Grant
• Chronic Pain Medicine Research Grant
• Early-Stage Investigator Award
• Graduate Student Award

Eligible members may also apply to have research surveys distributed to the ASRA Pain Medicine membership, expanding their reach across the field.

Develop as a Professional and a Leader

Membership creates opportunities to strengthen skills, expand your visibility, and help shape the Society’s work. Members can volunteer for committees, contribute educational and scholarly content, mentor colleagues, participate in certificate programs, and pursue faculty and Society leadership roles. Committee service, in particular, allows members to help develop ASRA Pain Medicine programs while building meaningful relationships and leadership experience.

Access Resources and a Community Designed Especially for Trainees

ASRA Pain Medicine supports the next generation of regional anesthesia and pain medicine physicians with a reduced-cost trainee membership and free medical student membership, along with educational resources, mentoring, networking, leadership opportunities, fellowship information, PBLDs, quizzes, videos, and special programs.

The Resident & Fellow Committee gives trainees a direct role in developing programs and content for their peers. ASRA Pain Medicine also partners with the Association of Pain Program Directors and the Regional Anesthesiology Fellowship Directors Association to strengthen education and connections across the training community.

Expand Your International Reach

Join a professional community of more than 4,000 members representing 66 countries across six continents. ASRA Pain Medicine’s relationships with the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy (ESRA), Latin American Society of Regional Anesthesia (LASRA), Asian & Oceanic Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine (AOSRA-PM), and the African Society of Regional Anesthesia (AFSRA), support global collaboration, shared education, international networking, and idea exchange.

Eligible physicians who belong to one of these sister societies and reside outside the United States and Canada may also purchase an ASRA Pain Medicine membership at our Sister Society rate.